Halifax County High School senior Angela Edmondson was named as the recipient of the Principal's Award Thursday night during Halifax County High School's annual Senior Awards Night program.
First year-Halifax County High School Principal Albert T. Randolph presented the award.
The Principal's Award, considered as one of the top honors awarded each year, is presented to the graduating senior that exemplifies excellence in all facets of student life including academics, extra-curricular activities and community endeavors.
In addition, Halifax County High School honored its top senior female and male student athletes.
Anna Lewis and Amy Ward were named as co-recipients of the Tuesday Women's Club Outstanding Female Athlete Award.
Scott Adams and Carleton Roach were honored as the co-recipients of the T.C. Watkins III Outstanding Male Athlete Award.
Numerous students in this year's Halifax County High School graduating class were honored with scholarships and awards during Thursday night's awards ceremony.
The school's valedictorian and salutatorian and the school's Top Ten Seniors were not named Thursday night as school officials were still compiling grades and SOL test scores.
Those students will be named Friday night during the school's annual graduation ceremonies.
The list of award and scholarship recipients, as supplied by Halifax County High School officials, follows.
Class Officers - President - Desiree Gomes; Vice-President - Branda Best; Secretary - Keisha Easley; Treasurer - Shirta Childress; Sgt.-At-Arms - Jennifer Dixon.
South Boston Jaycees Award - Justin Shepperd.
VFW Auxiliary Citizenship Award - Tammy Wilkerson.
DCC Academic Scholarships - Mary M. Hodges - Recognition Of Achievement Scholarship; Misty Bagby - Climate Control Scholarship; Heather Davis - Archer Gammon/Gentry Scholarship.
Justin Walker Memorial Scholarship - Todd Leith.
Wal-Mart Scholarship - Christy Clark.
Young Men's Progressive Club Scholarship - Terez Garland.
Iris Daniel Memorial Scholarship - Mary Brooks.
South Boston Junior Women's Club Scholarship - Marquita Tucker.
D. Henry Harrison Vocational Scholarship - Keisha Easley, Shanell Ewell, Arthur Reynolds Jr., Sophronia Vachon, Brandy Wallace.
Little Theatre/Dorothy H. Crews Memorial Scholarship - Joanna Sibley.
Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative Scholarship - Angela Edmondson.
Vietnam Veterans Scholarship - Elizabeth Nichols.
American Legion Post 8 Scholarship - Jordan Clark, Todd Eakes, Elizabeth Nichols, Stephanie Wilmouth.
American Legion Citizenship Award - Jennifer Armistead, Eric Wilkins.
Governor's School - Amanda L. Albert, Adam D. Austin, Jeremy W.A. Berneche, Jonathan E. Bruno, Patrick D. Cherry, Rhiannon T. Crews, Christopher D. Drake, Richard Scott Hailey, Miles I. Perkins, James W. Shelton, Martha Ashley Weaver.
VFW Post 8243 Scholarships - Jordan Clark, Ashley Francisco, James Shelton.
Halifax County Usher's Union Scholarship - Shavon Chalmers.
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Scholarships - Angela Edmondson.
Masonic Scholarship - Quiana Senn.
VHSL Achievement Award - Anna Lewis, Angela Morris, Arthur Reynolds.
ABWA Tri-River Charter Chapter Scholarship - Elizabeth Nichols, Ashley White.
Pamplin Leader Award - Nicole Lowery.
U.S. Army Scholar Athlete - Anna Lewis, Michael Priest.
U.S. Marine Corp Scholastic Excellence Award - Athlete: Justin Shepperd; Scholastic Excellence: Sejal Patel.
Jounalism Advisor's Award - Kassie Brown.
Carrington-Lanier Scholarship - Sophronia Vachon, Arthur Reynolds Jr.
Voices Of Tomorrow Award - Desiree Gomes, Charles Sands.
South Boston/Halifax County Retail Merchants Association Scholarship - Nicole Lowery.
Delta Kappa Gamma Scholarship - Ashley White.
News & Record Award - Lisa Easley.
President's Education Award Program - David Adams, W. Scott Adams, Stacy Akers, Amanda Albert, Meredith Anderson, Jennifer Armistead, Adam Austin, Ashley Barker, Branda Best, Kassie Brown, Marquita Carden, Patrick Cherry, Christy Clark, Clinton Comer, Ashley Conner, Rhiannon Crews, Rebecca Day, Christopher Drake, Todd Eakes, Keisha Easley, Cathy East, Angela Edmondson, Laura Elliott, Melissa Estes, Marquita Ford, Ashley Francisco, Desiree Gomes, R. Scott Hailey, Matthew Hastings, Alexander Haynie, Mary Hodges, Jeffrey Hudson, Megan Jackson, Anna M. Lewis, Nicole Lowery, Rachel Mandel, Sarah Marshall, Dianna Minton, Amberly Moon, Angela S. Morris, Elizabeth Nichols, Sejal Patel, Michael Priest, Arthur Reynolds Jr., James Shelton, Joanna Sibley, Tara Stokes, Aaron Talbott, Nathan Terry, Marquita Tucker, Sophronia Vachon, Brandy Wallace, Amy Ward, Tessa Watkins, Ashley Weaver, Ashley White, Tammy Wilkerson.
Business Department Award - Todd Eakes, Nicole Lowery, Amy Ward, Jenell Palmer - Outstanding Business Award. The following students received a Microsoft Office User Specialist Certification: Kristi Harmon - Microsoft Word; Ferren Pannell - Microsoft Word; Wendy Walker - Microsoft Word.
Les Dillard III Memorial Scholarship - Stacy Akers, Scott Adams.
Links - Branda Best.
Art Award - Sophronia Vachon, Ashley Weaver.
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Scholarship - Branda Best.
American Cancer Society Scholarship - Christy Henderson.
Science Award - Michael Priest.
Halifax County Community Deacon's Class - Everett Cage, Desiree Gomes, Marquita Ford.
Trade and Industrial Award - Amanda Albert.
ECPI Merit Scholarship - Shawana Roach.
Dolphin Foundation Scholarship - Dianna Minton.
Latin Award - Amanda Albert.
Woodmen-Of-The-World History Award - Amberly Moon, Angela Morris, Sejal Patel.
University Of South Carolina - Band: Amanda Albert; Camerata: Charles Sands Jr.
Va. Tech Accounting Information Systems Alumni Scholarship - Nicole Lowery.
Ward Burton Award - Michael Priest.
Turbeville Ruritan Club Scholarship - Terez Garland.
DAR Good Citizen - Ashley Conner.
South Boston Rotary Club - Wendy Walker.
South Boston Rotary Club Vocational Scholarship - Matthew Hastings.
English Department Award - Angela Morris.
Hall Of Fame - Dante Ballou, Anna Lewis, Scott Adams.

Bethel Hill Ruritan Club, Roxboro, N.C. - Kassie Brown.
Ray Kroc Award - Joanna Sibley.
Marketing Student Of The Year - Kimberly Rice.
Advanced Marketing Student Of The Year - Kelli Davis.
Adventurettes Scholarship - Marquita Ford, Keisha Easley.
Pinochlettes Club Scholarship - Charles Sands Jr.
Bethune Alumni Foundation Scholarships - Dante Ballou, Bryant D. Crawley, Brandon E. Crawley, Angela Edmondson, Arthur Reynolds Jr., Tammy Wilkerson; Richmond Chapter - Bethune Alumni - Branda Best.
American Legion Post 99 - Marquita Ford.
FCCLA (Family, Career and Community Leaders Of America) - Mary Brooks, Tiffani Turner.
Scholarships - Brianne Anderson, $1500, Project Prime Halifax Regional; Shena Bowman, $7200, Johnson & Wales; Alvin Crews, $7000, Virginia Union; Klint Claiborne, Lincoln Tech College; Adam Clay, $1000, Greensboro College; Heather Davis, $1500, Project Prime Halifax Regional Veteran Orphans; Justin Dunaway, $4000, Marymount University; Jonathan Hite, $2000, ODU; Anna Lewis, $10,000 Lynchburg College; Angela Morris, $4700, Averett College and $400, Virginia College; Arthur Reynolds, $3000, Presidential Scholarship Norfolk State and Full Scholarship To Norfolk State; Suzanne Stevens, $5000, Golf, Radford University; Ryan Tanner, $3200, Virginia Tuition Assistance Grant.
Clark Scholarship Awards - David C. Adams, Stacy Michelle Akers, Jennifer B. Armistead, Misty Bagby, Dante Ballou, Ashley Thomas Barker, Sherry Bomar, Leon Brade, Mary Brooks, Arita Ann Carr, Patrick D. Cherry, Shrita J. Childress, Cristy Dawn Clark, Jordan T. Clark, Clinton S. Comer, Jamie Compton, Ashley M. Conner, John Taylor Conner, Rhiannon Crews, Kelli Lynn Davis, Crystal Nicole Dixon, Tex Dunaway, Bridgett Eakes, Todd Wingate Eakes, Keisha Q. Easley, Cathy Lee East, Angela Denise Edmondson, Benjamin Elliot, Melissa Estes, Clarissa Faulkner, Stephanie Faulkner, Randi Ferrell, Desiree Melvina Gomes, Amanda Gravitt, Adam B. Greene, Kristie Louis Guthrie, Richard Scott Hailey, Jennifer L. Hastings, Matthew W. Hastings, Alexander Haynie, Joni Henderson, Jeffrey Alan Hudson Jr., Megan Lee Jackson, Terri Jones, Bryson Judkins, Tatania Kirby, Anna Michelle Lewis, Jason Long, Nicole Lynette Lowery, Rachel Mandel, Sarah K. Marshall, Jennifer Mendoza, Dianna R. Minton, Demetria Mitchell, Elizabeth Ann Nichols, Jenell Lakesha Palmer, Sejal Suresh Patel, Angel Patterson, Jacquan Penick, Jessie Ramsey, Arthur W. Reynolds Jr., Kimberly Rice, Luwasa Townes Risharddi, James W. Shelton, Joanna Elizabeth Sibley, Elizabeth Adam Smith, Casey L. Spencer, Mary Suzanne Stevens, Chanilha Stoval, Mary A. Surgeon, Aaron Scott Talbott, Lakesha R. Talley, Ryan Justin Tanner, Tiffani Shivon Turner, Wendy Walker, Brandy Wallace, Ashley Eades White, Holly Whitlow, Kacey Marie Wilbourne, Tammy D. Wilkerson.
Perfect Attendance - Grades 1-12, Jenell L. Palmer; Grades 9-12, Clinton S. Comer; Current Year - Cherri L. Barksdale, Patrick D. Cherry, Klint A. Claiborne, Brandon E. Crawley, Keisha R. Easley, Lisa M. Easley, Arthur W. Reynolds Jr., Marquita D. Tucker, Wendy A. Walker, Doris C. Younger.
Roderick Lacy Retired Teacher's Scholarship - Bridgett Eakes.
Virgilina Scholarship - Amy Comer, Amanda Albert.
Dr. Bessie Carr Scholarship - Ashley Conner.
National Achievement Finalist - Sophronia Vachon.
C. Arthur Ware Scholarships - Meredith Anderson, Jordan Clark, Lauren Edmondson, Nicole Lowery, Sejal Patel, Sarah Schmucker.
Jason S. Ramsey Memorial Scholarship - David Greene.
Lois Swanson Scholarship - Ashley Barker.
Tuck Dillard Scholarship - David Adams, Amberly Moon.
Kathleen Wood Scholarship - Sarah Marshall.
Udy C. Wood Scholarship - Marquita Tucker.
T.C. Watkins III Outstanding Male Athlete - Scott Adams, Carleton Roach.
Tuesday Women's Club Outstanding Female Athlete - Anna Lewis, Amy Ward.
Principal's Award - Angela Edmondson.

By BOB LEWIS and LARRY O'DELL
Associated Press Writers
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Mark Earley won a convincing victory Saturday over John Hager to capture the Republican nomination for governor at the party's state convention.
Earley, the state attorney general, won the right to face Democrat Mark Warner in the fall and the burden of keeping the governor's office in GOP hands for a third straight term.
Earley announced that he will step down as attorney general as of noon Monday. His chief deputy, Randy Beales, will take over as acting attorney general.
Earley clinched the nomination by a ratio of slightly better than 2 to 1 delegate votes, said Thomas V. Van Auken, the chief teller for the convention. An exact count of delegate votes was not available Saturday, he said. A total of 4,318 was needed to win.
Hager conceded the race in a two-minute speech, calling upon the convention to unanimously throw its support to Earley. ''Republicans will have a strong ticket and I always support Republicans,'' Hager said with his wife, Maggie, and sons Jack and Henry standing behind him.
In taking the GOP's mantle, Earley and the party moved aggressively into a race that Warner, uncontested for the Democratic nomination in a June 12 primary, has had all to himself while Earley and Hager fought an edgy but civil battle.
In his acceptance speech, Earley said he would build on the conservative agendas of his Republican predecessors, George Allen and Jim Gilmore.
''Mark Warner is going to say, 'How can we go back to the way it was before 1993,'' the year Allen was elected. ''And I say, my friends, don't let them take Virginia back.''
Earley, 46, vowed to challenge what he portrayed as inconsistencies in Warner's public statements and actions, wondering aloud ''which Warner'' he will be debating.
''Will it be the Warner who said he supports elimination of the car tax, or the Warner who called eliminating the tax voodoo and cuckoo economics? Which Warner? Whichever one, we'll enjoy the discussion,'' Earley said.
He promised that if he is elected, the car tax will be eliminated ''on time and on target.'' A legislative fight over the car tax cut was behind the GOP-controlled General Assembly's unprecedented failure to adopt budget amendents this year - a failing Democrats already are citing as evidence that the Republicans are unfit to govern.
''What we saw here today was a continuation of the Republican trend to attack Mark Warner, nothing more,'' said the Democrat's spokesman, Mo Elleithee. He said that when presented with Warner's proposal to keep campaigns clean, the GOP rejected the plan without ever reading it.
Earley reminded the 9,000 delegates and as many as 3,000 guests that Virginia and New Jersey are the only two states electing governors this year, and results will be viewed as an early referendum on President Bush's administration.
''I want Virginia to send a message loud and clear that we like the direction this country is going,'' Earley said.
In a slap at former President Clinton, Earley drew cheers by declaring: ''We finally have a grown-up adult in the White House again.''
Hager, the 64-year-old lieutenant governor, ended a yearlong race in which he was constantly the underdog, a parallel to his own life and the polio that put him in a wheelchair in 1973.
In the end, Hager cast his quest to be the party's ''consistent conservative'' standardbearer as a David vs. Goliath fight. Hager traveled more than 30,000 miles, mostly by car, across Virginia in his nomination effort.
''You know, I've been to your towns so many times the dogs don't even bark any more,'' Hager told the delegates.
And in emphasizing his years of work for the party, mostly behind the scenes, he took a potshot at his younger rival.
''I was a national convention delegate for Ronald Reagan in Detroit in 1980, seven years before my distinguished opponent left the Democratic Party,'' Hager said. Earley was elected to the state Senate in 1987 as a Republican.
Though he called for unanimous support of Earley, Hager was less than enthusiastic about what role he will play backing his rival. Asked if he would support Earley, Hager said, ''We'll see about that.''
Del. Jay Katzen of Fauquier County was unopposed for the nomination for lieutenant governor, and former state public safety secretary Jerry Kilgore had no opponent for the attorney general nomination.
''This is your victory - a victory for Virginia's unborn and aged, whose lives and dignity we will protect,'' Katzen, 64, said in his acceptance speech.
Kilgore, 39, said one of his first acts as attorney general would be to promote legislation cracking down on domestic violence.
''I know of nothing more important to the future of Virginia and I know of no better use of the office of attorney general,'' he said.
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On the Web:
Virginia GOP: http://www.rpv.org
Earley campaign: http://www.markearley.com
Hager campaign: http://www.johnhager.com

It was past 11 p.m. last Thursday night before a Circuit Court jury emerged from deliberations and found Markey J. Leigh, a 3028 Mountain Road, Halifax, teenager guilty of six felonies in connection with the carjacking,abduction, robbery and wounding of another teenager on January 25.
Leigh celebrates his eighteenth birthday today inside his cell at Blue Ridge Regional Adult Detention Center in Halifax where he will remain until formally sentenced in the July.
Judge William L. Wellons ordered a presentence report for Leigh, one of four named codefendants in the crimes against 18-year-old Roger Ashley Crowe of 2056 Grubby Road, Halifax.
A second codefendant, 18-year-old Antonio Dwight Woods of Halifax, was convicted earlier of abduction and robbery and he,too, is in jail awaiting sentencing in July.
Odd as it may seem, Crowe admitted that he was acquainted with his attackers and on the night of the crimes, he and Markey Leigh had been riding around in his (Crowe's) car and listening to vehicle's sound system, the object of the robbery.
But their being together that night was part of a plan that Leigh and the three others are alleged to have devised in order to steal from Crowe's car a sound system.
Crowe and Leigh drove to spot on Highway 671 and parked near an unoccupied building. Crowe said that it was at this point that his attackers moved in, opened his car door, jerked him out, threw him to the ground and hit with the butt of a gun.
Crowe told the court that he was then thrown into the trunk of his own car and, while being driven some distance, overheard his attackers say they were going to kill him.
Crowe said that he managed to kick open the trunk and jump out of the moving car. From there, he told the court that he began running on foot in an effort to escape from his captures.
Because of head injuries he sustained during the attack, Crowe testified that he was unable to explain how he was later found by emergency responders inside his own vehicle on Highway 671. A passerby had spotted the vehicle on Bethel Road after midnight and reported what they believed to have been an accident.
Crowe, who was later treated for head injuries at UNC Chapel Hill Hospital, provided sheriff's deputies a somewhat sketchy account of what he said had taken place that night.
In its findings of guilt on six felony indictments, Leigh was found not guilty of three separate firearms charges relative to carjacking, abduction and robbery.
Still to be tried for the same crimes are Larry Darnell Gorham, 18, of South Boston and 17-year-old Jeffrey Jernell Lawson of Halifax.

Residents Can Still Use 804 Area Code
Although Halifax County's new area code has been officially changed to 434, residents can still utilize the 804 area code when making long distance calls until January 15, 2002.
The 804 area code for Halifax County was changed to 434 at the beginning of June, but county residents have the option of using one or the other during a transition period that will expire January 15, 2002.
After that, Halifax County residents will be required to use the 434 area code for all long distance calls.

Miss Willie Mae Solomon of 429 Crescent Dr., South Boston died Sunday, June 3 at Halifax Regional Hospital at the age of 89. She was born May 6, 1912 in Halifax County and was the daughter of the late Richard J. Solomon and Mertie S. Solomon.
Miss Solomon was a retired secretary at Virginia Employment Commission and was a member of First Cross Roads Baptist Church.
She is survived by one niece: Faye S. Gosney of Turbeville and a host of cousins and friends. She was preceeded in death by her parents; one sister: Virginia Doris Solomon; two brothers: Willard C. Solomon and R. Frederick Solomon.
Graveside services will be held Tuesday, June 5 at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Leonard L. Southern and Rev. Dan Ward officiating. Burial will follow at the First Cross Roads Baptist Church Cemetery in Turbeville.
Family will receive friends at Brooks Funeral Home Chapel tonight between 7 and 8:30 p.m. and at other times at the home of Faye Gosney, 1125 Solomon Rd., Turbeville.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorials be made to the Patrick Henry Boys and Girls Plantation, P.O. Box 1398, Brookneal, Va. 24528.